Personal life
Pawan Kalyan was born to Konidala Venkata Rao and Anjana Devi on 2 September 1971.
[7] Pawan Kalyan is younger brother of
Chiranjeevi and
Nagendra Babu.
[8]
Pawan Kalyan married Nandini, a Visakhapatnam resident on 17 May 1997.
[13] The couple separated after two years into the marriage. Pawan started a relationship with his co-star
Renu Desai and had a kid named Akira Nandan in 2004.
[14] His first marriage was scrutinized by the media when Nandini filed a case against Pawan and his family seeking divorce and
alimony from him on 25 June 2007. The case was investigated and in August 2008, the court granted divorce to the couple with Pawan agreeing to pay
5 crores as a one time settlement to Nandini. Soon after the divorce, On 28 January 2009, he married
Renu Desai.
[14] and has worked as costume designer for most of his films. The couple have two children, a son named Akira Nandan born in 2004 and a girl named Aadhya born in 2010. Akira was named after Pawan Kalyan's favorite director
Akira Kurosawa.
Career
[edit]Early career (1996-1997)
[edit]1998-2001
In 1998,
Tholi Prema was released and won a
National Award and six
Nandi Awards.
[15] The film was later remade in Hindi and Tamil. After
Tholi Prema, Pawan acted in
Thammudu, playing the role of a kick boxer.
Thammudu was released on 15 July 1999 and was written and directed by P. A. Arun Prasad. The film had
Preeti Jhangiani,
Aditi Govitrikar acting opposite Pawan Kalyan. This was one of the biggest hits in the year 1999 which helped build a loyal fan base to Pawan Kalyan.
[citation needed] This movie was later remade in Tamil and Kannada languages.
[16] It successfully ran for 100 days in 23 centres.
[citation needed] In 2000, he acted in
Puri Jagannadh's first directorial venture
Badri.
Badri completed its 100-day run in 42 centres.
[citation needed]
In 2001, Pawan Kalyan was seen in the film
Kushi. The film was released on 27 April 2001 and was directed by
S.J. Suryah. It was
S.J. Suryah's first Telugu film and it had
Bhoomika Chawla acting opposite Pawan. This was declared to be an All Time Industry record by collecting 27 crores.
[citation needed] It completed 100 days in 79 centres is one of the most successful film in Pawan Kalyan's career.
[citation needed][17]
[edit]2002-2007
After the release of
Kushi, Pawan Kalyan took a long gap of two years in his film career. He went to Japan for a brief period to learn a martial art called
Aikido.
[citation needed] He learned Aikido to use in his first directorial venture
Johnny.
[citation needed] Johnny released on 26 April 2003 and was written and directed by Pawan Kalyan. Kalyan also starred in the film, along with Renu Desai. Amidst of huge expectations it bombed at box office. In 2004, his film
Gudumba Shankar was released. The film was directed by Veera Shankar (directional debut) and was produced by Pawan's brother
Nagendra Babu on Anjana Productions banner. Pawan Kalyan played the lead role as Gudumba Shankar and
Meera Jasmine played the female lead opposite him. The film's script and screenplay were written by Pawan Kalyan and he also choreographed three songs in this film and actions scenes were conceived and choreographed by him and critics appreciated Pawan for his skills.
[citation needed]
In 2005, the film
Balu ABCDEFG directed by A. Karunakaran was released. This was A. Karunakaran's second film with Pawan Kalyan after
Tholi Prema. This film had
Shriya Saran and
Neha Oberoi acting opposite Pawan and was produced by
C. Ashwini Dutt under
Vyjayanthi Movies banner. The movie was a good grosser at the box office; it ran for 100 days successfully in 8 theaters in Andhra Pradesh.This was the first Telugu film to be released in
Africa after 60 years.
[citation needed] In 2006,
Bangaram directed by Tamil director Dharani was released. The movie was an average grosser at box office and completed 100 days in 5 centres.
[citation needed] Later that year, he was also seen in
Annavaram directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao.
Asin, and
Sandhya were cast alongside Pawan in the film and the film was produced by Mega Supergood Films. The film was released on 29 December 2006 and received positive reviews
[18][19] and proved to be a Super hit at the box office by collecting a record of 23 crores in 3 weeks.
[20][21] The film was a remake of the Tamil film
Thirupaachi, which starred
Joseph Vijay and
Trisha Krishnan. Pawan Kalyan also choreographed a song "Neevalle Neevalle" in this film.
[edit]2008-present
In 2008,
Jalsa directed by
Trivikram Srinivas and produced by
Allu Aravind was released. The film starred
Ileana D'Cruz and
Parvati Melton in pivotal roles opposite Pawan. The film was was released on 2 April 2008 with 320 prints in over 1000 theatres and gained tremendous response and successfully completed 100 days in 25 centres.
After 2 years of hiatus, Pawan was seen in 2010 film
Puli, written and directed by
S. J. Suryaah and starring
Nikeesha Patel opposite Pawan Kalyan.
[22] The film featured a soundtrack by
A. R. Rahman and cinematography by
Binod Pradhan. It was produced by Navodaya Appachan and Singanamala Ramesh on a 35 crore budget and was distributed by Geetha Arts. The film was released on 10 September 2011 worldwide with 600 prints in 1000 theaters. The makers of the film re-edited it due to very poor reviews and re-released the shortened version on 15 September 2010.
[23] The final outcome however was disappointing. The film was declared as a flop at the box office. An official announcement was made in the same year that Pawan Kalyan was going to play a small role in a movie about
Jesus Christ directed by
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and produced by Konda Krishnam Raju.
[24] Makers of the film also registered a title called
Prince of Peace at film chamber, but the movie was shelved due to undisclosed reasons.
In 2011, he was seen in
Theenmaar directed by
Jayanth C. Paranjee in which he portrayed the two contrasting characters of present and yesteryear generations for the first time. The film was a remake of the successful
Hindi film
Love Aaj Kal.
[26] The film was released on 14 April 2011.
[27] In 2011, Pawan Kalyan also appeared in Vishnuvardhan's gangster film
Panjaa. The film, jointly produced by Arka Mediaworks and Sanghamitra Art Productions, also stars
Sarah-Jane Dias and
Anjali Lavania opposite Pawan.
[28][29] Panjaa was released on 9 December 2011. It received mixed reviews from critics and was criticized for lack of story and a strong screenplay.
In 2012, Pawan was seen in
Gabbar Singh directed by
Harish Shankar and produced by Bandla Ganesh. The movie was a remake of the Hindi film
Dabangg.
[30] The movie successfully completed 100 days and stood as the highest grossing film of all time in
Tollywood as well as in Pawan Kalyan's career.
[31][32] After this film Pawan worked in
Puri Jagannadh's
Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu. The film was produced by D. V. V. Danayya and was released on 18 October 2012. The film received positive reviews.
He would next be seen working in
Trivikram's Untitled Project directed by
Trivikram Srinivas. The film is said to be a complete family entertainer and the shooting of the film is scheduled to begin from December 2012 and the movie is scheduled to release in 2013.
Popularity
A social networking
community on his name in the popular social networking website
Orkut,'Power Star Pawan Kalyan' community takes second place in Top 10 Orkut National communities.
[35] He is also the first South Indian actor to endorse a soft drink product
Pepsi.
[citation needed] Recently Indian Pop Singer
Baba Sehgal composed a single on Pawan Kalyan saying in an interview that he has written the song keeping Pawan Kalyan's on screen personality in mind. The track is a kind of a 'Power Anthem'. Meanwhile, the musician denied that it is about glorifying the star. He further added that "There is something very unique about Pawan Kalyan and his personality and as a fan I've just tried to capture that"
Filmography
Direction
[edit]Action Choreographer
[edit]Playback singing
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| 1999 | Thammudu | Thati Chettu and Em Pilla(Bit songs) |
| 2001 | Kushi | Bai Baiye Bangaru Ramanamma(Bit Song) |
| 2003 | Johnny | Nuvvu Sara Taguta, Ravoyi Maa Countryki |
| 2004 | Gudumba Shankar | Killi Killi along with Mallikarjun |
| 2011 | Panjaa | Paparaayudu along with Hemachandra, Sathyan & Brahmanandam |
| 2012 | Gabbar Singh | Pilla along with Vaddepalli Srinivas |
Choreography/Songs Visualization
Pawan kalyan is once again proved when Satellite Rights of his latest film ‘Cameraman Ganga Tho Ram Babu’ are reportd to have been sold for a whoppign Rs.6.5 Crores much above the films like ‘Businessman’ and ‘Gabbar Singh.’ Powerful ‘Gabbar Singh’ has fetched Rs.6 Crores for producer Bandla Ganesh Babu.’Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu’ collected a share of Rs.39.68 crores world wide at the end of its three weeks run world wide. Check out the area wise break up of shares.
